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US to Nigeria: ‘If You Steal Abacha’s $308m Loot, We’ll Collect It Back’

The United States Government has warned Nigerians not to dare steal the repatriated $308 million Abacha looted, adding that if stolen, the money would be collected back from Nigeria.

Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, the Secretary, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that was the statement of the United States government’s representatives during the pact the Federal Government signed with the Americans and the government of Jersey to return the money

”They had the audacity to look into our eyes and said: ‘If you people steal this money again, we will collect it back from you,” he said.

Olukoyede made this disclosure in Lagos last Friday during an anti-corruption walk organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Olukoyede said: “Two weeks ago, I was privileged to be on the team that went to recover $308 million for Nigeria.

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“Do you know what the U.S told us when we wanted to sign the treaty? They had the audacity to look into our eyes and said: ‘If you people steal this money again, we will collect it back from you.

“I stood up against them, I said: ‘We are not a corrupt nation. A few people might have stolen money, but Nigeria is not a corrupt nation. We have a lot of youths who are not corrupt.

“And you know it is not their fault. It’s because they have seen recovered loot being looted again.

 {Do you agree that Nigeria is not corrupt, and that lot of youths are not corrupt? Please drop your comment.}

Public money looted by Abacha during his five years in power is estimated to be about $5 billion.

Since 1998, Nigeria has been finding the loot mostly in the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and New Jersey.

 

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